Legal Opinion

United States v. Edward Bello, Also Known as Jason Hink, Also Known as Jerome Hink, Also Known as Joseph Fulano

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided October 23, 2002No. Docket 01-1682PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JACOBS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Edward Bello appeals from a sentence entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Hellerstein, J.) insofar as it imposes as a condition of probation a bar on television-viewing during a ten-month period of home detention. We conclude that the imposition of the bar for the stated purpose of promoting self-reflection and remorse exceeds the district court’s broad discretion. Because the television restriction appears to have been an integral part of the defendant’s overall sentence, we vacate the sentence and remand for…

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